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Arjan Struik

@arjanstruik.bsky.social
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The Hague is fun, but the politics that determine my kids’ future, take place in Brussels, Washington and somewhere between Beijing and New Delhi. Deep down the 10 years in London still affect my outlook on geo-politics and economics.

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 30/09/2026
Peter Thurlow spent 50 years in politics and 30 in PR. His lesson for those seeking a closer relationship with Europe? Decide whether you want to win – or just make a noise. He considers what a credible route back towards the EU might look like. @eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social
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The plan that can take us back to the EU
Andy Burnham has done it – he’s talking about Brexit. But now what?
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is horrifying and exactly what a lot of us have been warning against for years. So fucking frustrating. We could have had better—politically, technologically, socially, and economically. We need far better leadership in all fields, at all levels.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
IRGC: “The American people live in a land that, in terms of fertility, is one of the best lands in the world. They have abundant water resources, energy and valuable minerals.
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Metje van Elten @metjevanelten.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Schandalig “interview”. Een FVD’er lachend wat futiele vragen laten beantwoorden en benadrukken dat hij het heus niet makkelijk heeft, want “turbulente tijd”.. Zo ziet normalisering van extreemrechts er dus uit. Precies wat AIVD/NCTV onlangs bedoelden en waarvoor we waakzaam moeten zijn @ad.nl !
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Joshua Livestro @joshualivestro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A change to a system of proportional representation is a precondition for reversing the Brexit decision. It would make it virtually impossible for any one party to take the unilateral decision to push the Brexit button again.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WHOOOP!!!!! This is VERY welcome news - PM will announce a process to introduce PR for Westminster elections: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Andy Burnham expected to say he will push ahead with electoral reform plans
Exclusive: Labour conference speech will kick off process that could replace current system with proportional representation
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Arjan Struik @arjanstruik.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Is it really going to happen. Will Burnham be the one to kick-start electoral reform? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Andy Burnham expected to say he will push ahead with electoral reform plans
Exclusive: Labour conference speech will kick off process that could replace current system with proportional representation
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Ashley Zacharias @ashleyzacharias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's hard to have sympathy for people who voted for Trump and now say, "I didn't know what he was going to do. I didn't vote for this." Yes, you did. Trump told you what he was going to do. We told you what he was going to do. Everyone told you what he was going to do. You didn't listen.
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Laurens Dassen @laurensdassen.voltnederland.org · 29/09/2026
🚨 Stop digitale onteigening door AI-sleepwet🚨 Een draad over een voorstel van het Ierse EU-voorzitterschap om persoonsgegevens van Europeanen onbeperkt vrij te geven aan elk bedrijf dat met AI werkt. En voorstellen over hoe het wél moet. 🧵1/14
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Arjan Struik @arjanstruik.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Belangrijk. En @d66.nl @vvdonline.bsky.social en @cda hoe gaan we hier op reageren?
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Peter Hagedoorn @peterhagedoorn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'Lidstaten vergeten voor wie EU Inc bedoeld is' fd.nl/opinie/16131... Als gewoonlijk doen lidstaten alles om Europese samenwerking te frustreren. Bedrijven zijn enthousiast over EU Inc, maar lidstaten kleden het voorstel zoveel uit: geen Europese aanpak; nationale regels blijven. Domheid regeert.
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Lidstaten vergeten voor wie EU Inc bedoeld is
Terwijl de bedrijfsvorm EU Inc start-ups juist moet helpen om over landsgrenzen heen te groeien, halen EU-lidstaten de kern uit het voorstel uit vrees voor aantasting van hun nationale bevoegdheden.
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Mathijs Bouman @mathijsbouman.nl · 28/09/2026
feestje, dit interview giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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ASML chief: ‘There is only one company making those machines’
Christophe Fouquet has built Europe’s biggest business through a total monopoly over the most advanced chipmaking equipment
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Arjan Struik @arjanstruik.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Keeping our Military away from the Ballot Box isn't partisan, It's American.
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Arjan Struik @arjanstruik.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Kort maar krachtig weer van @mathijsbouman.nl. Nu over het Nationaal Agentschap voor Disruptieve Innovatie. "Kan de politiek wel dealen met de hoge faalratio die bij disruptieve innovatie hoort?" En ook de Rekenkamer wordt gewaarschuwd voor een enge visie op doelmatigheid. fd.nl/opinie/16131...
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🎁 Disruptieve innovatie
Prachtig hoor, dat Nationaal Agentschap voor Disruptieve Innovatie, vindt columnist Mathijs Bouman. Maar zal het de volgende bezuinigingsronde overleven?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Don't download the Trump app. Everything he does is underhanded and dishonest.
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Eva Hofman @vaemanhof.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Heel vreemd: De integriteitscommissie van de TK wil geen uitspraak doen over de verwerpelijke AI-plaatjes van Boon, want wil zich niet baseren op nieuws 'van horen zeggen'. Nou, wij ook niet. Vandaar dat we maandenlang onderzoeksjournalistiek werk deden. En daar zat geen tip of gerucht tussen (1/3)
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NRC @nrc.nl · 22/09/2026
Canadees bedrijf staakt pogingen om ingenieursbureau Arcadis over te nemen
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Canadees bedrijf staakt pogingen om ingenieursbureau Arcadis over te nemen
Het Canadese bedrijf WSP Global staakt zijn pogingen om het concurrerende Nederlanderse ingenieursbureau Arcadis over te nemen.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 21/09/2026
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The most important task of democrats is not to change the minds of far-rightists — they are a minority and hard to change. The most important task of democrats is to change the minds of people who believe “the left” or “the establishment” are worse than the far right.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...
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Edit Szegedi @eszegedi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Carney is in fact handing an incredible boost to the EU’s global standing on a silver plate. He is providing the political imagination and vision that no one in Europe currently has. It would be extremely foolish and strategically illiterate for the EU to not grab that opportunity."
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Sander Schimmelpenninck @schimmelpenninck.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Het is prettig om te zien dat er eindelijk een spits met zelfvertrouwen is, om de bal die door de VVD voor de eigen goal is klaargelegd, zuiver in te schieten.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/09/2026
Ireland to boycott Eurovision again over ongoing deaths in Gaza
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Ireland to boycott Eurovision again over ongoing deaths in Gaza
Ireland joins Netherlands in refusing to take part in 2027 song contest in protest against Israel’s participation Ireland is to boycott Eurovision for the second year running over the “appalling” ongoing killing in Gaza, the national broadcaster has said. Ireland was one of five countries, along with Iceland, Netherlands, Spain, and Slovenia, that refused to take part in the competition this year in protest against Israel’s participation. Continue reading...
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Arjan Struik @arjanstruik.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Important piece by @alexhh.bsky.social
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Gordon Darroch @gordondarroch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NOS now reporting farmers may have been behind the operation to sabotage the Dutch railways. If this turns out to be true, it would be the most spectacular own goal and pretty much kill off any lingering sympathy for the farmers' cause in the wider population. nos.nl/artikel/2631...
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Boerenactivisten mogelijk verantwoordelijk voor sabotage op het spoor
Bronnen melden aan de NOS dat boerenactivisten en hun sympathisanten betrokken lijken te zijn bij de verstoringen op het spoor. Die waren er op 35 plekken in het land.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
"The mainstream media, is, unsurprisingly, not covering itself in glory as it struggles to avoid saying that either the president’s brain has completely left the station or that he’s a mendacious liar who knows no bounds, or both."
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The muted response to Trump 9/11 fantasy is a media failure
It’s not “disputed.” He’s delusional.
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Cally Beaton @callybeaton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Anyone who has ever complained about London Underground, complain no more.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/09/2026
A dark blizzard of disinformation is warping the public’s perception of our great city. But we know the truth: our homicide rate is lower than every major US city, neighbourhood crimes are down and we’ve been ranked #1 city in the world 11 years in a row. My piece for The Times.
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We must fight back against troll army’s lies about London
There is a dark blizzard of disinformation online, where our capital is described as a lawless dystopia in decline — this couldn’t be further from the truth
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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Scratched into the south pier of the chancel arch Of St. Mary, Stow is possibly England’s earliest depiction of a Viking ship. Some believe it was carved by a Scandinavian trader or marauder who reached Stow via the Trent - see the graffiti here in my Gazetteer: ✨ 👉 www.digest.andymarsh...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Needed saying.
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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It turns out that Netanyahu was warned, in shockingly specific terms, about October 7 — and not only chose to do nothing, but hid the warning from the people who could have stopped it www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Netanyahu got an explicit warning before Oct. 7. He didn't brief security chiefs
In September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surroundin...
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Ben Wilbrink @benwilbrink.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Is die daling ernstig? Jazeker. Het belangrijkste kapitaal dat Nederland heeft is zijn menselijk kapitaal dat voor een fundamenteel deel bestaat uit het resultaat van onderwijs. Falend onderwijs stort ons in armoede. Negatief Flynn-effect? Zou zomaar kunnen.
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Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
De vergelijking is zinvol. Mijn formulering was kwetsend en lomp. Al tijdens het gesprek herriep ik mijn woorden. Maar dat haalde de online hits-clipjes niet... Gaza is gruwelijk. Maar als Gaza valt, komen wij niet in gevaar. Als Oekraine valt, wel. Gaza gaat over moraal, Oekraine over strategie.
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Daniël Boomsma @danielboomsma.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Wanneer leren ze in vredesnaam dat je een wolf niet kan afleren vlees te eten door ‘m steeds maar weer stukken vlees toe te werpen?
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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Only in the 70+ age cohort was the AfD vote share relatively modest in Sachsen-Anhalt. “We must never forget” has an expiration date. Roughly two generations removed, it turns out.
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Roelant Siekman🌱⚡️ @roelant.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Vanavond in Eva, Pauw & De Wit en Renze: “De AfD heeft in Duitsland een grote overwinning gehaald. Wie zijn ze? Waarover maken ze zich zorgen? En welke schattige huisdieren heeft hun lijsttrekker? Fan van het eerste uur Wierd Duk, aspirant-burgemeester Fleur Agema en Gerard Joling schuiven aan! 🥰
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Chairman Moët @chairmanmoet.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Of course we don't get to live through a fascist era that has the aesthetic sensibility of Leni Riefenstahl and Hugo Boss. We just get the posters off the bedroom wall of a 14 year old boy who has played far too much Warhammer 40k
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 06/09/2026
Grandpa is not okay.
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Hidde Bouwmeester @hiddebouwmeester.nl · 06/09/2026
En ook de tegenstelling over wapens stoor ik me zo aan. Het is doen alsof niets doen gratis is, terwijl niets doen en afhankelijk blijven van de VS heel duur is. De prijs gaat omhoog en zelfs als het hybride blijft, dan zijn juist de zwakkeren in de samenleving als eerste de klos.
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Arjan Struik @arjanstruik.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Interesting report/analysis by @odrachewych.bsky.social (Canada). Witkoff and Kushner don’t intend to surprise Putin and seem to lap up his denazification narrative about Ukraine. Not at all the intelligent game-changers you’d want to go back and forth between Moscow and Kiev.
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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
European success stories like this one - whether in space, tech, defence - have turned from a trickle into a steady stream. The continent is making real progress, on many fronts. Far more is needed of course, but we should be celebrating the good things a lot more too (and learn from them!).
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 06/09/2026
I clearly lack imagination because I can't picture the kind of voter who might vote Labour in the next election but not if they come out forcefully against black-uniformed balaclava wearing thugs blockading infrastructure. Who is this mystical beast, and are we sure s/he lives in a marginal?
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Kari-Anne Fygi @kafygi.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Sander Schimmelpenninck @schimmelpenninck.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Haha Nieuws vd Dag gaat full North Korean AI glow up met Duk-Jong-Oen
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“If that leads to the end times, okay”. Something tells me he’s not too bothered about the budget deficit.
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Arjan Struik @arjanstruik.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
One heartbeat away…
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Arjan Struik @arjanstruik.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Keir Starmer to stand down as MP
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It's a pretty big fucking problem that no one can say for sure whether the President of the United States knows this is AI
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